The blessings and curses of being beautiful - a documentaryWelcome to "Beauty: In the Eyes of the Beheld," an award winning body image and self esteem film from the point of view of women considered "beautiful."

Trailer and Synopses

Society tells us that beautiful women have it all. But beauty can be as much a curse as it is a blessing. In this sensitively filmed program, eight women labeled as beautiful - two pageant winners, an exotic dancer, a former pop musician, a college student, an assistant paralegal, a physician, and an entrepreneur - explore body image issues through their frank stories of how concepts and realities of physical beauty have molded their lives for both better and worse. Objectification, negative stereotyping, insecurity, and vulnerability are recurring themes, as are opportunity and preferential treatment. A study of skin-deep attractiveness, the film offers empowering insights into inner beauty as well. (55 minutes)